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The “Marseille” have a weak fall, so they had no choice but to put five defenses against Man City. Unfortunately, this was not enough for the French to impose a fighting appearance.
The game was one-sided from the first to the last minute, even though the Citizens didn’t create many dangerous situations. It’s all about superiority in midfield: the “Marseille” midfielders lost it completely.
Ferran Torres opened the scoring after a successful high pressure – the Spaniard couldn’t miss from close range. Also before the break, de Bruyne and Zinchenko could have scored, but both scored wide.
About Alexander, I must say it separately: after all, this is his first appearance on the basis of “City” in the new season. The Ukrainian has recovered from injury but is still far from his ideal form. There was neither the usual activity in the selection, nor any brilliant attacking decision on his part. Everything is as simple as possible and somehow colorless, but this was to be expected after the operation. And the substitutions in the 68th minute as well.
After Zinchenko left, City scored two more goals, coincidentally, as if it were a training session and not a Champions League match. “Marseille” was honored with a single dangerous long-range hit from the Towin. A disaster, to be honest, especially considering the loss to Olympiacos in the first round.
The French sink to the bottom of the table with zero points, and there is no argument to help them get out of there. As for Man City, it has 6 points. Another good game, and the task of leaving the group will be 99% resolved.
Marseilles. “Velodrome”
Marseille – Manchester City – 0: 3
Goals: Ferran Torres, 18, Gundogan, 76, Sterling, 81
“Marseilles”: Mandanda – Sakai, Balerdi, González, Chaleta Tsar, Amavi – Ronjie (Sanson, 64), Camara, Kizans (Guye, 85) – Toven (Payet, 78), Radonjic (Benedetto, 78)
“City man”: Ederson – Walker, Ruben Dias, Laporte (Stones, 77), Zinchenko (Canselo, 68) – Gundogan (Bernardo Silva, 78), Rodri, de Bruyne (Palmer, 82) – Sterling, Ferran Torres (Marez, 77), Foden
Warnings: Амави, 62, Чалета-Цар, 71 – Лапорт, 58
